How to make VB's select/case mimic C's switch/case

in C, I can do this

number=1;
switch(number)
{

case 1:
case 2:
case 3:
printf("\nCase 1-2-3");
break;

default:
break

}


in VB when I try to do this

number = 1

select case number

case 1
case 2
case 3

case else
'none of the above

end select

the case else path is taken.

It appears that the case in C are or'd but in vb they are not

I also tried this

number = 1

select case number

case 1 or 2 or 3

case else
'none of the above

end select

but the else path was taken again.

Is there something I'm missing, or can't this be done in vb ?
I don't want to check for a range of values, just a few discrete values.

You have to use commas:

Code:

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number = 2
Select Case number
    Case 1, 2, 3:
        MsgBox number
    Case Else
        MsgBox "Not found"
End Select

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... but what makes me wonder is if you actually got "Case Else" in your first example.

Did you verify that it was going to case else, either by having a breakpoint in the Case Else, a Message Box, or stepping through from the beginning of the Select? I tried what you had and it acted on Case 2, though since Case 2 had no actions before another Case (Case 3), it went to End Select immediately.

In the first instance

Code:

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number = 1
    select case number
          case 1
          'Code will execute here
          case 2
          case 3
          case else
    end select

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The only way the case else would come into play is if the value of number changes before the select case.
Another thought is are you using Option Explicit? If not, perhaps you have accidentally misspelled number. Without Option Explicit, VB will automatically declare a misspelled variable as another variable.

...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ChaosTheEternal

You have to use commas:

Code:

---

number = 2
Select Case number
    Case 1, 2, 3:
        MsgBox number
    Case Else
        MsgBox "Not found"
End Select

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>>Did you verify that it was going to case else, either by having a breakpoint
I stepped thru and watch it hit the Case 1 statement, then go around (not execute the statments under case1)

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I didn't see the commas in the MSDN example.

>>Case 1 To 4, 7 To 9, 11, 13, Is > MaxNumber

My font was too small :-)

Thanks